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CVE-2015-1376

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1376 describes a critical arbitrary file write vulnerability in the Pixabay Images plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 2.4. The flaw stems from insufficient hostname validation, allowing authenticated attackers to upload malicious files to arbitrary locations on the server by manipulating the upload URL. With a CVSS score of 4.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100, this vulnerability presents a significant risk, enabling unauthorized code execution and system compromise. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available through Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation. Despite its severity and exploit availability, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pixabay_images_project:pixabay_images:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
33.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: WordPress Pixabay Images PHP Code Upload · Jan 19, 2015
ExploitDB: EDB-35846 · Jan 20, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3397 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 21,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/130017/WordPress-Pixarbay-Images-2.3-XSS-Bypass-Upload-Traversal.html
Exploit
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/75
Exploit
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset
exploit-db.com / exploits/35846
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/01/25/5
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/534505/100/0/threaded